Clip Settings settings

I am using a Canopus ADVC110 to capture video from a cable TV signal for further editing in FCP and then on to DVD.
I find the captured footage is always darker than the picture I see on the TV. The first DVD that I burned was as dark as the signal I viewed on the computer. Is there some collected wisdom on what to do about getting the input signal brighter? Do I rely on the 3-way color corrector after the fact?
Ideally I could use the Clip Settings brightness and other controls, but they are disengaged. Can I 'trick' them into working?
thanks. an obvious newbie. I'm loving the learning.

If you are inputing via a DV (firewire) signal then there are no settings to change the brightness as it inputs, that's only for an analog input. I would indeed use the color correction to brighten after input.

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